TurkPA observers arrive in Baku to monitor elections
Observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TurkPA) arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 29.
They will observe the parliamentary election to be held in Azerbaijan on November 1, TurkPA said.
Serikzhan Kanayev, a member of the lower house (Mazhilis) of Kazakhstan’s parliament heads the mission.
The observers’ agenda includes meetings with Azerbaijani parliament’s chairman, TurkPA chairman-in-office, Ogtay Asadov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov, and a number of officials of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.
TurkPA observers will hold a press conference on the results of the election on November 2.
TurkPA’s mission for observing presidential and parliamentary elections in the organization’s member states began to work in 2010. Its observers have taken part in the 2010 parliamentary election and the 2013 presidential election in Azerbaijan.
This year, 769 candidates - the representatives of 15 political parties and one bloc of parties, representing seven parties - will compete for seats in Azerbaijan's Parliament.
To date, about 500 international observers from 27 countries have registered at the CEC for observing the election in Azerbaijan, particularly the observation missions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking States, the parliaments of Australia, Italy, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, a delegation from the House of Lords of Great Britain, the heads of delegations of the central election commissions from different countries and other authoritative bodies.
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